Course Name: Introduction to Polymer Science

Course abstract

This course will educate the students about one of the most important materials of present viz. Polymers. The course will introduce polymers including the importance, present challenges in polymer research followed by classes on synthesis, characterization, properties and applications of polymers.


Course Instructor

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Prof. Dibakar Dhara

After completing B.Sc. (Hons.) and M. Sc. in Chemistry from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, Prof. Dibakar Dhara carried out his doctoral research at Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad. He had couple of year of postdoctoral research experience at Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida before joining as Polymer Engineer at General Electrics Global Research Centre at Bangalore. After spending nearly seven years at GE, he moved to IIT Kharagpur as a faculty in Chemistry department where he is working for last eleven years. His present research interests are in the following topics Polymer Synthesis, Physical Chemistry of Polymers, Colloids and Nanomaterials.
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 Course Duration : Jul-Sep 2021

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 20-May-2021 to 02-Aug-2021

 Exam registration : 17-Jun-2021 to 20-Aug-2021

 Exam Date : 26-Sep-2021

Enrolled

1539

Registered

152

Certificate Eligible

67

Certified Category Count

Gold

3

Silver

6

Elite

18

Successfully completed

40

Participation

55

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
    Note:We have taken best assignment score from both July 2020 and July 2021 course
Introduction to Polymer Science - Toppers list

PRATAP SHARMA 97%

RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIDYAMANDIRA

SHANKHA SHUVRA DUTTA 90%

RAJABAZAR SCIENCE COLLEGE

SOUMYA PRAMANICK 90%

university college of science technology and agriculture, Calcutta University

TEJASVI SHARMA 81%

SANGEETHA D 81%

Anna University

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1539

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 152

Assignment Statistics




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Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.